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New Smartphone Application Rewards Physicians With CME Credit for Online Medical Research

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of medical information, has launched XtraCredit(r), an iPhone(r) and iPod Touch(r) application that provides physicians with continuing medical education (CME) credit for …

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Health |

Distractions may make us wiser in old age

Older adults may have a tough time tuning out irrelevant information, but this lack of focus can actually boost their memory, a new study finds.

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Health |
 

Uncorrelated Activity In The Brain

Interconnected networks of neurons process information and give rise to perception by communicating with one another via small electrical impulses known as action potentials. In the past, scientists believed that adjacent neurons synchronized their act…

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Health |

US Parkinson’s Rates Highest in Whites, Hispanics, and Midwest, Northeast

The largest epidemiological study of Parkinson’s disease in the United States has found that the disease is more common in the Midwest and the Northeast and is twice as likely to strike whites and Hispanics as blacks and Asians.The study, based on data…

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Health |
 

Medicsight PLC Receives Additional Information Request for FDA 510(k) Clearance

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Medicsight PLC, a subsidiary of MGT Capital Investments, Inc. (NYSE Amex: MGT), and an industry leader in the development of Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) and image analysis software which assists radiologis…

[ More ] January 27th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Health |

Addus HomeCare Appoints Michael Siegel Vice President of Information Services

PALATINE, Ill., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS) announced today the appointment of Michael Siegel as Vice President of Information Services. Mr.

[ More ] January 26th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Health |
 

Birth Drugs Impair Breastfeeding

(NaturalNews) Drugs commonly given during hospital labor may impair a woman’s ability to breastfeed, according to a study conducted by researchers from Swansea University and published in the journal BJOG.”A lot of women are not given en…

[ More ] January 24th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Natural, Natural Health |

State swine wine flu hotline is closing

State swine wine flu hotline is closing Web site, local health departments still available to help Kentuckians find information, vaccine From KY Department for Public Health FRANKFORT, KY – The Kentucky Department for Public Health announced, Friday…

[ More ] January 23rd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Health |

Cogdell Spencer Inc. Announces Characteristics of 2009 Dividend

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Cogdell Spencer Inc. (NYSE: CSA) announced today the tax characteristics of its 2009 dividends. We are releasing this information to assist those required to distribute Form 1099s on the Company’s div…

[ More ] January 23rd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Health |

BNA Books’ New 2009 Cumulative Supplement to ‘Health Care Fraud and Abuse: Practical Perspectives, Second Edition’ Offers Guidance and Invaluable Insight

ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — BNA Books, a division of specialized news and information publisher BNA, announced today the publication of the 2009 Cumulative Supplement to Health Care Fraud and Abuse: Practical Perspectives, Second…

[ More ] January 22nd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Health |